He Has No Enemies

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Many devotees spoke the glories of Gurudeva. Guru Mahārāja is not an ordinary person.  Whatever qualities are told in the scriptures, all of them are manifest in Guru Mahārāja. I am too young to realize who or what a sādhu is, but in spite of that, Guru Mahārāja gave me some mercy to see some of those qualities in him.

I heard one particular incident of Guru Mahārāja that resonated with me. Guru Mahārāja was in court, and so many discussions were going on, so many people were abusing Guru Mahārāja. But Guru Mahārāja answered very softly no matter what they yelled at him.

Guru Mahārāja came back and it was time for prasād. He said that some more devotees are coming, so please reserve some prasād for them. These were the persons who were abusing Guru Mahārāja in the court. I realized that even for those persons who were abusing him, he had so much love and affection for them that he reserved prasād for them. He is Ajātaśatru, one who has no enemies. 

—Rukmiṇī Dāsi



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  1. UnknownSeptember 17, 2016 at 1:11 PM

    Such posts will be better if a reference of date, time, place, etc., is given.

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    1. Pranamami Guru Tirtha PadamSeptember 17, 2016 at 9:36 PM

      That would be ideal, yes. The narrator was repeating something she heard from senior devotee, not first hand. Whenever possible, we include. Do you have any help for us on this? If so, please write it so all can read.

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  2. Padmnabha DasSeptember 19, 2016 at 12:13 PM

    Dear Gurudev, Please bless me, so that i can also develop some of these qualities. Feeling so sad, that even after so many years of Initiation and chanting, I have still not developed any taste for chanting and serving Guru and Vaishnavas. Jai Gurudev.

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